diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/BrainMethodCheckSubsetOfIssues.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/BrainMethodCheckSubsetOfIssues.java
index f999de0c7aa..a3eaf469d9f 100644
--- a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/BrainMethodCheckSubsetOfIssues.java
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/BrainMethodCheckSubsetOfIssues.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package checks;
 
-//The test unit is set to report the first brain method issue + the 10% of the total brain method issues found,
+//The test unit is set to report the first brain method issue + the total brain method issues found divided by 15,
 //ordered by general complexity.
-//In this file there are 10 issues found, so a total of 1 + (10% of 10 = 1) = 2 issues will be raised
+//In this file there are 10 issues found, so a total of 1 + (10 / 15 = 0) = 1 issue will be raised
 class BrainMethodCheckSubsetOfIssues {
 
-  void method1(String a, String b) { // Noncompliant
+  void method1(String a, String b) { // Compliant: this will be skipped since the following method is more complex
     if (a != null) {
       System.out.println(a + b);
     }
diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/design/BrainMethodCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/design/BrainMethodCheck.java
index 32d7e23d3ae..f4bb5d47368 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/design/BrainMethodCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/design/BrainMethodCheck.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ private static boolean isExcluded(MethodTree methodTree) {
   @Override
   public void endOfAnalysis(ModuleScannerContext context) {
     if (issuesFound.size() > numberOfIssuesToReport) {
-      numberOfIssuesToReport += issuesFound.size() / 10;
+      numberOfIssuesToReport += issuesFound.size() / 15;
       issuesFound.sort((a, b) -> b.brainScore - a.brainScore);
     } else {
       numberOfIssuesToReport = issuesFound.size();